we thought -- we were going to have the effects of superstorm sandy. we thought we were going on have some of the effects of the fiscal cliff affecting consumer confidence. investment behavior. so given those two plus the hostess strike and shutdown, you know, this is a -- these are -- it tracks the 146,000 new jobs over the month. tracks the average that we have been seeing over this past year. actually 2011. but however, though, you know, that's right at that level, that threshold, that you have to have just to keep make ends meet. so when you turn to the household survey, that, you know, unemployment rate falling to 7.7%. it is not because people are getting lots of jobs. it is because people have been leaving the labor important, because we are -- we have been treading along in the second gear at this 140,000, 150,000 new jobs per month. >> labor force, you believe, is shrinking. let's -- >> yeah. this report -- this report showed it shrank again and over the last 12 months it shrank and i believe even people have been talking about we are at 20, 3